DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/08 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 49.7 - - 51.5 - - 52.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 33 - - -22 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 863 - - 47 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 920 - - 920 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1752 - - 936 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 398 - - 1301 - - 1475 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 131 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 11 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 179 - - 173 - - 135 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 578 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1174 - - 936 - - 936 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 131 - - -599 - - -1196 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1621 - - 1535 - - 2132 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 60 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 49.7 - - 51.5 - - 52.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.6 - - 50.9 - - 51.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.9 - - 52.4 - - 53.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.2 - - 51.0 - - 51.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 33 - - -22 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 863 - - 47 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 9 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96264 57 254 54 266 46 262 96264 89091 35 245 34 250 31 267 89091 83605 27 240 23 247 19 258 83605 79043 21 231 20 252 15 231 79043 75113 12 215 20 243 16 240 75113 71652 13 246 20 233 18 236 71652 68501 17 243 19 251 19 246 68501 65571 20 262 27 264 22 259 65571 62833 21 260 37 257 37 266 62833 60163 42 264 49 250 50 250 60163 57367 57 252 51 249 52 242 57367 54438 53 253 55 251 55 247 54438 51628 53 256 58 253 59 250 51628 49113 54 260 62 250 58 245 49113 46878 63 254 64 243 55 236 46878 44853 63 245 58 244 54 243 44853 43002 66 254 53 253 67 251 43002 41297 93 250 84 261 92 250 41297 39721 95 245 115 253 103 236 39721 38265 89 248 113 241 92 231 38265 36906 87 249 107 230 92 230 36906 35600 91 249 101 229 93 229 35600 34276 95 245 94 229 92 227 34276 32904 89 245 91 227 90 225 32904 31483 81 242 86 226 88 225 31483 29998 74 244 75 224 88 227 29998 28439 68 250 67 221 87 229 28439 26805 65 251 61 221 83 228 26805 25094 62 249 58 222 79 224 25094 23311 54 249 55 225 78 223 23311 21458 46 251 54 229 71 226 21458 19529 51 241 53 233 63 228 19529 17517 53 231 51 230 63 229 17517 15464 41 220 44 215 66 231 15464 13484 39 205 37 201 66 227 13484 11681 31 195 39 198 68 211 11681 10079 23 215 40 196 70 201 10079 8659 32 239 42 196 66 198 8659 7399 41 230 42 201 64 192 7399 6283 43 214 42 205 64 184 6283 5293 33 200 43 204 63 181 5293 4420 28 194 42 205 60 178 4420 3647 29 197 39 205 56 171 3647 2958 36 193 38 196 51 162 2958 2351 36 188 35 185 45 154 2351 1846 29*182 29 178 37 148 1846 1458 25*180 24 176 31 143 1458 1191 22 179 20 175 23 139 1191 1029 19 179 17 174 20 138 1029 936 14 178 11*173 13*135 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography